Heightened security planned for Sunday's races

5:02 PM,
Apr. 18, 2013

Competitors wait for the start of the 2012 Oshkosh Half Marathon.

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Runners who take to the streets of Oshkosh Sunday morning will pause to remember those whose lives were impacted by the bombings this week at the Boston Marathon.

A brief ceremony will be held prior to the race, with a handful of Wisconsin runners who ran the Boston Marathon earlier this week talking about their experiences at the world's oldest marathon, where two bombs exploded Monday, killing three and injuring more than 170 people.

Midwest Sports Events, which organizes the Oshkosh Half Marathon and 5K, reached out to all Wisconsin runners who were at the Boston Marathon and invited them ...